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Official minutes for Opening Worship and Sessions 1-6, organized by date and session.
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Christ Is Risen Indeed
"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep."
1 Corinthians 15:20
Theme text: 1 Corinthians 15:20-22. Workbook source index: 559 pages, 18 sections, 477 source entities, 374 real overtures, 103 reports, and 1180 search records.
Current Convention Packet
Current Convention Packet
Today's Business, Issue 6
The current Thursday publication with two schedules, Resolution 10-08, three unnumbered delegate resolutions, two consent items, elections, ICRC guests, and notices.
Open Current IssueJuly 23 Delegate Daily Change Report
Unofficial final-day study aid comparing Issue 6 with earlier publications.
Open Change ReportThursday Morning Alert
A source-checked native summary of Issue 6 and final-day preparation.
View What ChangedJuly 22 Official Minutes
Primary action source for Wednesday Sessions 7 and 8.
Open Official MinutesResolution 10-08
Bylaw 4.2.4 amendment, awaiting Session 9 ratification status.
Open Resolution 10-08Three New Delegate Resolutions
Martyrdom, delegate seat assignments, and religious-worker visas. Each remains unnumbered and proposed.
Open Delegate ResolutionsPost-Convention
Convention Recap and Next Steps
The recap gathers the convention's elections, votes, resolutions, amendments, procedural developments, congregational implications, and implementation questions in one place.
Independent Delegate Study Aid
Read the Complete Recap
A 30-page printable guide with executive summaries, election results, daily action tables, thematic analysis, congregational guidance, a 2029 watch list, and a consolidated vote ledger.
30 pages | Printable PDF | Independent Delegate Study Aid
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Watch the Convention Overview
Sunday Through Thursday Video Recap
A concise video walkthrough of the major developments from Sunday through Thursday.
YouTube video | Sunday Through Thursday | Independent Analysis
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Listen to the AI Podcast Recap
Sunday Through Thursday AI Audio Discussion
A longer conversational audio review of the convention's votes, debates, elections, themes, and implications.
YouTube audio | AI-generated study aid | Verification recommended
This podcast is an AI-generated audio companion. Verify names, vote totals, election results, resolution wording, and final actions against the recap PDF and official LCMS sources.
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Session Briefings & Recaps
Unofficial Delegate AnalysisSession 9 Minutes Pending
Thursday Final Session, Session 9
What happened
- Final credentials received
- Shortened schedule used
- Thursday consent calendar adopted
- Resolution 10-08 ratified
- Mercy and National Witness business completed
- Martyrdom resolution considered
- Religious-worker resolution not reached
- Convention adjourned sine die
What to carry home
- Verify final records when Proceedings appear
- Explain what passed, failed, and was not considered
- Track implementation
- Preserve relationships
- Distinguish Christ's victory from institutional victory
This is an independent post-convention analysis. Approved Session 9 minutes were not included in the source set.
Unofficial Delegate AnalysesOfficial Minutes Available
Wednesday Sessions, July 22
The analyses explain the sessions. The official minutes control actions, vote totals, elections, amendments, and parliamentary dispositions.
Wednesday Morning, Session 7
Wednesday Afternoon, Session 8
This analysis identifies a source conflict concerning Resolution 5-14. The transcript records action that the supplied official minutes omit. The guide does not resolve that conflict by inference.
Unofficial Delegate AnalysisOfficial Minutes Available
Tuesday Morning and Afternoon Sessions, July 21
The analyses are independent study aids. The official minutes are the controlling source for recorded convention action.
Unofficial Delegate Study Aid
Monday Afternoon Session, July 20
Use the concise 35-page delegate briefing or the fuller 60-page chronology and analysis.
Unofficial Delegate Study Aid
Monday Morning Session Delegate Briefing
A detailed review of worship, pastoral formation, elections, the convention essay, Life Together business, amendments, ministry implications, and matters for prayer.
Open Monday Morning BriefingUnofficial Delegate Study Aid
Sunday Afternoon Session Delegate Briefing
A verified study briefing on Sunday elections, omnibus actions, international mission, Life Together business, and the Commission on Worship.
Open Sunday Afternoon BriefingVideo Playlist
2026 LCMS Convention Session Recaps
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Watch Session RecapsPastoral and practical guidance derived from the analysis
Leaving Phoenix: Post-Convention Preparation
Verify the final record
- Confirm Session 9 minutes when published
- Confirm the final martyrdom wording and vote
- Confirm Resolution 10-08 ratification
- Confirm each delegate resolution's final disposition
- Correct reports that relied too heavily on automated transcripts
Prepare a congregation or district report
- What the convention adopted
- What affects congregations directly
- What assigns work to Synod entities
- What was discussed but not adopted
- What remains uncertain
- What deserves prayer
Track implementation
- Disaster-response coordinators
- Telehealth feasibility
- Addiction partnerships
- Apologetics and family resources
- Urban-ministry networks
- Martyrdom teaching
- Bylaw 4.2.4 implementation
- Religious-worker visa advocacy
Preserve relationships
Follow up with people with whom you disagreed, committee members who listened, and delegates whose speeches clarified an issue.
A convention badge expires. Baptism does not.
Prayer
Pray at 3:07
Every day at 3:07 p.m., we invite you to pause and pray. In military time, 3:07 p.m. is 15:07, reminding us of John 15:7: "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
As we prepare for and follow the work of the convention, we pray for our church body, our leaders, our delegates, the floor committees, and the outcomes that will shape our life together. We pray not because we control the future, but because we abide in Christ, and Christ is risen.
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